E:60 The Wrestler: Scott Hall

In his prime, Scott Hall was a mountain of a man - 6-foot-7, 290 pounds of solidly sculptured muscle, appearing as close as invincible as they come. As Razor Ramon, he was one of professional wrestling's biggest names and most villainous villains, busting chairs with the likes of Randy Savage, Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan in front of tens of thousands of screaming fans in sold-out arenas. And he loved the life that came with it: the parties, the women, the celebrity. But the high life soon started to slip away, and Hall has been desperately doing whatever he can since to hold on ever since. Hall's slide seems to know no bottom - from his deteriorating physical and mental condition, to his ongoing battle with alcohol and substance abuse that has crippled his family life and resulted in pathetic public appearances in school gyms. But he's hanging on, somehow. Now his only son, Cody, wants to follow in his father's tortured bootsteps. E:60 chronicles the heartbreaking story of a man who is a shadow of his former self and desperate for one last taste of the glory days. Click here.

Eric Bischoff is "disappointed and embarrassed" for TNA Champion Kurt Angle, says releasing Matt Hardy was "a great decision," and admits to having doubts regarding Jeff Hardy

Backstage issues involving Hulk Hogan and Vince Russo at Hardcore Justice

There was a major argument between Hulk Hogan and TNA head writer Vince Russo at the Hardcore Justice pay-per-view last Sunday regarding the finish of the Kurt Angle vs. Sting main event. Hogan was frustrated enough that he was telling people that Russo doesn't know anything because he's never been a wrestler.

Hogan and Russo made up at the Impact Wrestling taping on Monday. However, there has been noticeable tension among some of the power players in the company at the three days of Impact Wrestling tapings that followed...More?

source: prowrestling.net

This Day in Wrestling History

Happy Birthday to Jesse "the Body" Ventura
July 15, 1951

Ric Flair defeated David Von Erich in a tournament final for the Missouri State Heavyweight title.
July 15, 1983

Eric Bischoff makes his un-expected debut on WWE RAW. Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff hug on national television. Vince then announced that Eric was the new GM of Raw.
July 15, 2002

TNA Executives Speak On Destination X PPV

Following last nights Destination X PPV, several TNA executives gave their thoughts on the show via Twitter.

Dixie Carter: "Wow. What a brilliant night for Impact Wrestling's X Division. I'm so proud."

Hulk Hogan: "PPV - Did you like it? HH"

Eric Bischoff: "Enjoyed the PPV tonight. Big tip of the hat to RVD and Jerry Lynn. Story, action, and character. The way it should be done."

Jeremy Borash: "Mike Tenay is a class act and was a great pleasure to work with. Incredible job by the wrestlers tonight at #DestinationX"

This Day in Wrestling History

At WCW's Great American Bash in Baltimore, MD, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash attacked Eric Bischoff. Nash powerbombed him off the stage.
June 16, 1996

Eric Bischoff: "IWC Smarks Need To Get Over It"

Eric Bischoff via Twitter on anti-TNA sentiment on the internet:

"Seems like 90% of the audience loves what the loudest 10% hates. So who really matters? The 10%er's can't get over the fact that they are irrelevant. Ratings don't lie. Research doesn't lie. IWC smarks need to get over it."

This Day in Wrestling History

In a very surprising move by WCW, David Arquette pinned Eric Bischoff in a tag team match to become the new WCW Champion that saw Arquette team with DDP against Bischoff & Jeff Jarrett. He vacated the title six days later on May 1.
April 25, 2000

Eric Bischoff Says He's Still Angry with Jeff Hardy for the Victory Road Debacle

One month removed from TNA's Victory Road PPV in March, TNA executive Eric Bischoff says he's still upset with Jeff Hardy following his behavior in the main event TNA Title match against Sting.

"I shouldn't be, and I can't understand why I feel the way I feel, therefore I certainly can't explain it, but I'm still angry at Jeff Hardy," Bischoff said on the Monday Night Mayhem radio show this week.

"So, it's hard for me to discuss what I think he could do or should do (in the future in TNA), because until I quit being angry at him and about this situation, whatever would come out of my mouth would probably be counter-productive."...More?

source: pwtorch.com

Eric Bischoff & Kevin Nash Comment on Scott Hall

Eric Bischoff made the following comments about Scott Hall on facebook:

"Just watched the video of Scott Hall's appearance in New England. Wish I knew how to help him. I know that others (including Vince McMahon) have tried recently. He was such an amazing talent, and deep down inside, a great person. His demons are killing him."

Kevin Nash today posted the following on twitter:

"Scott is in the hospital up north,I’ll be at the airport when he lands and taking him to my home when he lands. Please don’t judge Scott on what you just saw.He would give any of you a kidney. to the motherf—– that made a joke who would want his kidney lol send me your address and lets see how funny it is. he’s my brother we will get through this. To Scotts fans thank you 4 your love you’re as special as he is”

This Day in Wrestling History

Happy Birthday to Paul Bearer aka Percy Pringle
April 10, 1955

Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo return to WCW and declare all WCW titles vacant.
April 10, 2000

Jeff Hardy defeated Triple H for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title.
April 10, 2001

This Day in Wrestling History

WCW Executive Vice President, Bill Busch, resigned from his duties. Eric Bischoff was rehired as the Executive Vice President of WCW
March 22, 2000

More Details on Jeff Hardy/Victory Road Incident

In a follow up from the incident at Sunday's TNA Victory Road PPV, Jason Powell of Prowrestling.net is reporting that when Eric Bischoff entered the ring to change the stipulation of Sting vs. Jeff Hardy, he called an audible. Bischoff could be clearly seen saying things to both Hardy and Sting after taking breaks from speaking on the microphone. According to TNA sources, Hardy had to be "held up" as he was brought from outside the building to the gorilla position. Once TNA management saw the condition he was in just moments before the main event, a call was made to change all plans. Hardy was noticeably stumbling on his way to the ring during his entrance and looked "out of it" according to one person who emailed Wrestleview.com that attended the show live. As reported on Monday, Hardy was sent home by TNA from the Impact TV tapings this week in Orlando.

partial source: wrestleview.com

Eric Report: Bischoff Now an Executive Producer for TNA

According to prowrestling.net, Eric Bischoff is now an executive producer for TNA Wrestling. One of Bischoff's duties is to represent the company in talks with Spike TV executives. The belief is that Bischoff took on the position around a month ago. Bischoff will continue to run his production company Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment with Jason Hervey.

Just What Happened to Eric Bischoff?

How did Eric Bischoff go from being at the top of the wrestling world as President of WCW, revolutionizing the business, making hundreds of millions of dollars and almost putting Vince McMahon and the then WWF out of business to, a few years later getting into petty squabbles with dweebs on facebook and twitter, lashing out at journalists with childish and unnecessary insults and gleaning supreme satisfaction out of apparently winning verbal debates with amateurish and unprepared bloggers? It's an interesting question to ponder, and maybe one even Eric is asking himself these days, as his professional reputation lies in tatters. In fact, as the excuses pile up, the tweets get more vicious, and reports continue to emerge of his rapidly plummeting influence in TNA, it seems like a good time to discuss just how Bischoff's professional life got into such a sorry state...More?

source: cagesideseats.com

Blast From the Past - Vince McMahon Fires Eric Bischoff

Bischoff Says TNA Will Never Beat WWE And the Similar Comments He Made In 2009

His reaction to Jim Ross' recent comments regarding TNA being able to compete with the WWE in 2011 and that TNA will "never" overtake the WWE in the marketplace:

"I agree 100 percent. WWE has been around for a long, long time. They've been well-entrenched and well-established in cable television for the last 20 years. It's a television juggernaut. TNA comparatively is a Kool-Aid stand compared to Coca-Cola in terms of its resources and infrastructure. The idea of TNA ever being able to compete with the WWE, although I've been out there, and I've been promoting it as such: I believe in a lot of ways we do compete.

"There are a lot of things about TNA that are better than the WWE on an individual basis. But you can't compare TNA as a company to WWE as a company. I don't think anybody within TNA realistically felt we were going to compete on a business level with the WWE."

Bischoff made similar comments in a February 2009 interview with The Sun:

What would be your advice to them (TNA) if they want to become a true challenger to the WWE like WCW was?

The people that are involved in the creative process and vision for TNA are people that couldn’t get a job in WWE or shouldn’t have had a job in WCW.

There’s no vision for that company. They are people who have never been to the dance. They’ve never been a part, really, of any of the decision-making processes that led to the success of the industry.

Some of them happen to have been working there while other people did it, but have never really done it for themselves. They just don’t have the feel for it. So that’s the reason we(Bischoff & Hulk Hogan) wouldn’t want to be there.

For me to sit down and say “listen guys, this is what you have to do to be successful” would be like telling a three-year-old how to fly an aeroplane. You can try all you want, they’re never going to get it.

partial source: wrestlezone.com & mondaynightmayhem.com

This Day in Wrestling History

The Monday Night Wars continued, WCW Monday Nitro's 4.6 rating defeated WWF Monday Night RAW's 3.6 rating. RAW in Uniondale, New York featured Owen Hart defeating WWF Champion Shawn Michaels by disqualification when Triple H broke one of his crutches over Hart's head while he had Michaels in the sharpshooter. Nitro was just over 200 miles away in Baltimore, Maryland, and featured Ultimo Dragon defeating WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero by submission to win the title for the second time, Booker T winning his first of a record six WCW World Television Titles from Disco Inferno, and a main event of WCW World Champion Sting defeating Hollywood Hulk Hogan.
December 29, 1997

Mick Foley (as Mankind) defeated The Rock for his first WWF(E) Title after Stone Cold Steve Austin returned knocking out The Rock with a steel chair. The show would air on the following Monday, January 4, 1999. That night Tony Schiavone would reveal the result during WCW Monday Nitro, airing live that night, noting that Mankind as champion "ought to put a lot of butts in the seats." Schiavone would later claim Eric Bischoff fed him that line to say. D-Generation X celebrated with Foley after the match.
December 29, 1998

On an edition of ECW on SyFy from East Rutherford, New Jersey, Tommy Dreamer wrestled his last match for WWE's version of ECW, facing Zack Ryder in a match where Dreamer promised to leave ECW if he lost.
December 29, 2010

Eric Bischoff Blasts Fan Over Facebook Message

Eric Bischoff took issue yesterday to something was posted on his Facebook page where a fan said that if he were in any other business and had not delivered for them the way that he hasn't delivered for TNA, he would have been fired by now. Bischoff actually called the audio blog that the poster does and took him to task for what the blogger posted. It was an interesting exchange that featured Bischoff harping on every incorrect statement that the poster made, as well as repeatedly asking him if he knew confidential company numbers...More?

source: pwinsider.com

Eric Bischoff on TNA's "Ill-Conceived" Move to Monday Nights, Bret Hart's Comments

Bret Hart's comments about Vince McMahon "stomping out" TNA from Monday nights, the impact "The Hitman" may have had in making that a reality, & what the final outcome would have been for TNA on Monday nights had Bret Hart never come back to the WWE:

"I like Bret so much so it's hard for me to comment about things like this. Bret Hart is a little pre-occupied with the legacy of Bret Hart. Not going to deny it, the move to Monday night was a mistake. It is what it is. It was ill-conceived, it was bad timing, it was a risk, and it was a risk that didn't pan out. I've taken plenty of risks that didn't work out, and I've taken some risks that have. Vince McMahon has taken some risks that worked and taken plenty of risks that hasn't. The move to Monday night was a miss, and I'll take as much responsibility for that as anybody else. I don't think any of it had anything to do with Bret Hart. I think if Bret Hart would have never come back to WWE, the outcome of our Monday night effort would have been exactly the same."

Listen to the complete Bischoff interview at MondayNightMayhem.com.